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Verizon’s New VZ Navigator 5 Lets You Send Your Location To Facebook

Back in October, Google changed the mobile navigation space when it launched Google Maps Navigation for Android. While the product itself is solid it also has one killer feature: it’s free. This has forced the makers of other non-free navigation too…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Grammys: Imogen Heap Accepts Award Wearing “Twitter Dress”

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards will air its televised portion tonight at 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST, but the non-televised portion of the awards are already streaming live on the web. One of the early social media hat tips in evidence comes from artist Im…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Shock Artistry: Lady Gaga’s Social Factors of Fame

Alex Mann is the director of Trendrr, a business intelligence platform for social and digital media. You can read more by Alex on his blog and follow him on Twitter.Ten years ago, even the most shocking entertainer’s rise to stardom was missin…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

How the PGA Can Use Social Media to Rebuild Its Brand

Jalen Rose is a former 13-year NBA star and current ESPN basketball analyst but may be best known for being a member of the famous University of Michigan Fab Five.Let me start off by saying I don’t play golf, but I do watch and I am a big fan of t…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Haiti, iPad, and Obama: The Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week

Out of all the social media tools out there, the one that people go to in order to figure out what’s hot on the web has to be Twitter. With millions of tweets crossing its servers and constantly updated trending topics, it’s easy to fin…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Open Thread: What’s Your Favorite Tech Nonprofit/Philanthropic Company?

A while ago, I wrote a rather condemning post on how most “social media for social good” efforts were heavy on social media activities but came up short on actual social good.Still, there are organizations such as Kiva, The Extraordinaires or Social…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |
 

Steve Jobs vs. Obama: Who Got the Bigger Buzz?

While a lot happened this week, it can be argued that two events captured the most attention: 1) the unveiling of the Apple iPad and 2) President Obama’s State of the Union. Funny enough, both of these events occurred this past Wednesday.We …

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Thanks to Mashable’s Socially Savvy Supporters

Thanks to this week’s advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable’s sponsors are as social media savvy as our readers!Advertise with us and get noticed.Help us to help you. Mash…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Beijing

It’s Data Privacy Day and when it comes to generating privacy-related buzz in the blogosphere, there are few governments as controversial as China. From Google’s recent security issues, to blocked social media sites to the proposed Green Dan censors…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Web 2.0 |

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[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Search Engines |